Rankers Physics
Topic: Laws of Motion
Subtopic: Constrained Motion

In the arrangement, shown in figure, pulleys A and B are massless and frictionless and threads are ideal. Block of mass m1 will remain at rest if:    Image related to
\[ \frac{1}{m_{3}}=\frac{2}{m_{2}}+\frac{3}{m_{1}} \]
\[ m_{1}= m_{2}= m_{3} \]
\[ \frac{4}{m_{1}}=\frac{1}{m_{2}}+\frac{1}{m_{3}}\]
\[ \frac{1}{m_{1}}=\frac{1}{m_{2}}+\frac{1}{m_{3}}\]

Solution:

nlm constrained motion

In the movable pulley system, tension in the string connecting m2 and m3 is:

T=2m2m3gm2+m3T = \frac{2 m_2 m_3 g}{m_2 + m_3}

Since this tension acts twice to balance

m1m_1

, we equate:

2T=m1g4m2m3gm2+m3=m1g2T = m_1 g \Rightarrow \frac{4 m_2 m_3 g}{m_2 + m_3} = m_1 g

Cancelling

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and rearranging gives:

4m1=1m2+1m3\boxed{ \frac{4}{m_{1}} = \frac{1}{m_{2}} + \frac{1}{m_{3}} }

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